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20th Annual Certification Schools Held by CUIRE
CUIRE, University of Texas at Arlington, held its 20th Annual
Pipeline and Trenchless Technology Training and Certification
Schools in conjunction with the Underground Construction
Technology (UCT) International Conference & Exhibition on
Jan. 24-25, 2022, in Fort Worth Convention Center, Texas. This
year's program included Pipes, Advanced HDD, Microtunneling/
Pilot Tube and Spray Applied Pipe Lining - SAPL.
Additionally, UCT/CUIRE offered a new two-part course
entitled " Geotechnical Site Investigation and Planning for
New Trenchless Technology Installation, " providing information
on common trenchless methods and supporting geotechnical
investigations.
More than 50 professionals and graduate students attended
these schools, which were taught by expert instructors from
the industry with at least 20 years of experience working in the
trenchless technology field.
Attendees received up to 1.2 CEUs and 12 PDHs, and a PDF
copy of all presentations on a USB drive.
CUIRE Schools speakers included:
* Advanced Horizontal Directional Drilling Schools:
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- Jwala Sharma, Ph.D., PE., Project Manager,
Michels Corporation
- Mike Whitehouse, Technical Sales/Fabrication
Specialist, ISCO Industries, Inc.
- Peyton Boyle, Vermeer Corporation
- Jim Williams, PE, PMP, Senior Associate,
Brierley Associates
Jeff Puckett, P.E., President, J.D. Hair & Associates, Inc.
- Mark Gallucci, Customer Insight, Digital Control
Incorporated
* Geotechnical Schools for Pipelines and
Trenchless Technology:
- Tennyson Muindi, P.E., McMillen Jacobs Associates
- Nicholas H. Strater, P.G., Brierley Associates Corporation
* Pipe Schools:
- Jeff Boschert, P.E., National Clay Pipe Institute
- Rich Mielke, P.E., Northwest Pipe
- Margarita Takou, P.E., American Concrete
Pipe Association
- Allen Cox, DIPRA Regional Director
- Shah Rahman, MBA, Practice Leader - North Texas,
KCI Technologies Inc.
- Brad King, Underground Solutions, Inc.
- Rene Garcia, HOBAS Pipe USA
- Camille George Rubeiz, P.E., Plastic Pipe Institute
* Pilot Tube and Microtunneling School:
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Troy Stokes, Akkerman, Inc.
- Jeff Boschert, National Clay Pipe Institute
- Dr. Glenn M. Boyce, Ph.D., PE,
McMillen Jacobs Associates
* Spray Applied Pipe Lining (SAPL) School:
- Sanaz Ghalambor, Polymer Engineer,
Nukote Coating Systems International
- Dr. Mo Ehsani, PhD, PE, SE, QuakeWrap Inc.
- Kawalpreet Kaur, Research Associate, CUIRE/UTA
- Dr. Amin Tehrani, Project Manager, ASFI Construction
- Dr. Zahra (Ellie) Kohankar, Project Engineer,
Hazen and Sawyer
- Chip Johnson, P.E., Director, Sprayroq Inc.
CUIRE Research Team at UCT 2022 Exhibit
CURE UCT Exhibit, Future Schools
On Jan. 25-27, the CUIRE research team had a booth at the
UCT Exhibition Hall to introduce the latest testing and development
at CUIRE, such as structural design methodology
for Spray Applied Pipe Liners (SAPLs) in gravity stormwater
conveyance conduits and pressure pipe applications through
soil-box testing and finite element modeling (FEM).
CUIRE will hold its 21st Annual Pipeline and Trenchless
Technology Training and Certification Schools in conjunction
with UCT on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at Orlando Convention
Center, Orlando, Fla.
This year's program includes Pipes (Schools A & B)
Advanced HDD (Schools C & D), as well as ½ day of
Microtunneling/Pilot Tube (School E) and Spray Applied
Pipe Lining - SAPL (School F).
We offer government agencies a discount for their registration.
Also, full-time students can attend for free with advanced
registration.
CUIRE Booth at UCT Exhibition Hall
28 AUGUST 2022 | UCONonline.com
For registration and more information, visit our website
uta.engineering/cuireschools2023 or contact CUIRE at
(817) 272-9177.
http://uta.engineering/cuireschools2023 http://www.UCONonline.com
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